I won't do this here every day, but my first day of keeping a food log went something like this (next, I'll actually have to start doing calorie counts and that sort of thing, but at least I'm starting to take note of what I'm eating).
In terms of exercise, I stand for about 8.5 hours per day at work, and walk about 2 miles during the course of an average shift. Yesterday, I also played 90 minutes of tennis at a moderate pace, and did 30 minutes of other light cardio (biking at a low resistance, walking the track at a slow pace).
- 1 c Special K with 1/3 c 1% milk
- 1/2 c 1% cottage cheese
- 5.5 oz V8 juice
- 20 oz black coffee
- 1 c nonfat blueberry yogurt
- 1 1/2 tbsp reduced fat peanut butter + 2 tsp honey on a multi-grain sandwich flat
- 1 c baby carrots
- 1 tsp fresh nuts (2 nuts)
- 4 oz baked chicken breast (no skin)
- 1/2 medium banana
- 1 Clif bar
What’s a Clif bar? Is this the type of eating plan you were put on? I now see why you’ve been talking about coffee issues. lol
I have essentially a diet suggestion sheet, and it’s up to me to work from it.
I tend to drink a lot of coffee anyway — I think you’ve watched me put down a pot or more at IHOP. It’s not on my list, but it’s zero (or very low, anyway) calorie, and caffeine makes me nice to people. It also doesn’t have the processed stuff diet soda has.
Clif bars are one of those energy bars (in the PowerBar realm). They’re my favorite of them, and while it was probably a caloric indulgence (they come in around 260 calories), I was scheduled to play two tennis matches; the second one wound up being canceled.